DAVE RACZKOWSKI/MLIVE.COMKate Gosselin on her speaking tour about her new book, "Eight Little Faces," in Michigan. Us Weekly reports that Gosselin has spent 21 of the last 30 days on her promotional tour, and kept up her appearances even after admitting last week that her marriage was in trouble.

Kate Gosselin is an image-obsessed control freak who goes through employees like her kids went through diapers, according to the latest issue of Us Weekly. Angela Krall, one of Gosselin's former baby nurses, says that the "Jon & Kate Plus Eight" star fired at least 40 nurses and nurse's aides when her sextuplets were infants. And yet Gosselin's hairstylist remains employed.

Us also dug up a 2005 story by the Associated Press in which a pre-fame Gosselin petitioned the state of Pennsylvania to extend Medicaid payments to Krall because Gosselin "feels society has a responsibility to help with the children, since modern medicine promotes the use of fertility drugs, which can lead to multiple births."

A rift also developed between Gosselin and her father, a pastor, after she rejected cribs donated by his parishioners because they didn't match.

We hope the Gosselins have kept up on their home insurance payments, because the villagers are gathering up their torches.